Packing-holder for railway journal-boxes.



E. J.'TRUDEAU.

PACKING HOLDER FOR RAILWAY JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED JULY '7, 1903 UNITED STATES Patented July '7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE J. TRUDEAU, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 732,800, dated July'7, 1903. Application filed February 15, 1902. Serial No. 94,220. (Nomodel.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE J. TRUDEAU, a citizen of the United States,-and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPacking- Holders for Railway Journal-Boxes; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing-holders for railwayjournal boxes, and more particularly to a device adapted to yieldinglysupport packing of any desired kind or material in positive contact withthe journal.

Heretofore it has been frequently the case that the rotation of the caraxle or journal on long runs has caused the waste or other packing to berolled somewhat to one side, while the constant jar and concussion ofthe truck tends to settle the packing away from the journal, thuspermitting the same to become dry, with the eifect of heating andburning out the boxes.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and durabledevice which shall hold the packing of any desired material in positiveengagement with the under side of the journal and so constructed as toprevent described, and more fully pointed out and defined in theappended claims. 7

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a journal-box,showing a device embodying my invention partially inserted in the box.Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the holding device in position. Fig. 3is a transverse vertical section.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing a slightly-modified form ofconstruction. tion of a device embodying my invention.

. Asshown in said drawings, A indicates a car-journal, and B thejournal-box.

G indicates my improved packing-holder, as shown constructed of a sheetof reticulated material, such as expanded metal, having large openmeshes and inturned raw-edged webs and which is bent to form acomparatively narrow bottom upwardly curved, and divergent side walls 0c, which extend outwardly at the top sufficiently to fit closely withinthe sides of the journal-box. The upper edges of said side walls areturned inwardly toward and into proximity with the journal forminginwardly-directed edges 0 c, the raw edges of which hold the packingmaterial from becoming compacted and from rolling from the journal.holder may be of any desired form transversely, as shown. However, thesame is slightly arched or bent upwardly above the bottom of the box topermit afree circulation of the oil beneath the same and to permit anydirt, sediment, or other foreign material falling on the packing to passtherethrough into the bottom of the box and to a point below thepacking. Said holder is so shaped transversely at its outer end as topermit the same to be slid into the journal-box without jacking up thebox. To enable this to be done, the front or outer end ofthe holder isout obliquely downward, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, thereby makingthe bottom of the holder sufficiently shorter than the top to permit thesame to slide readily into position beneath the end of the journal andwhen therein to fit comparatively closely in the bottom of the boxlongitudinally. The diverging sides possess considerable resiliency andact to yieldingly hold the packing at all times in engagement with thelower surface of the journal.

As a further improvement and to insure Fig. 5 is a side eleva- Thebottom of said that the packingmaterial is at all times held The packingmay obviously be of any desired material. Conveniently the same will befine metallic wire or shavings intermixed with waste, jute, or otherfiber.

The operation is as follows: The holder being slipped into position inthe box and the packing placed therein, either loosely or in the form ofa specially-prepared cartridge, said packing engages in the intersticesof the holder and the raw edges of the webs of metal catch the fibersthereof, thereby firmly holding the packing from rolling with thejournal or from other displacement. The inwardlydirected edges 0engaging above the packing and extending to a point adjacent to thejournal act to prevent the packing being rolled to one side by thecontinuous rotation of the journal. The packing is thus held at alltimes with its lubricating material constantly in operative position.

The springs D may be omitted or, if used, may be of any desired form ordesign of resiliency to support the ends of the holder. The resiliencyof the expanded metal is amply suiiicient, however, to force and holdthe packing positively against the under side of the journal at alltimes, preventing the packing settling away from the journal under thevibration or jar of the trucks. The oil is thus at all times deliveredto the journal freely, though but a small amout of oil be in the box,and all dust, dirt, or journal wear settles down through the packing andfalls through the large meshes or interstices in the metal into thebottom of the box, where it cannot injure the hearing.

The form of the holder may vary in crossseetion, and any form, kind, orconstruction of expanded metal may be used as preferred. Also anypreferred kind of packing may be used.

Obviously many details of construction may be modified without departingfrom the principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a resilientholder for car-journal packing, comprising a sheet of expanded metalbent to form an upwardlycurved bottom and divergent side walls andadapted to fit closely in the journal-box below and to yieldinglysupport packing against the journal, the upper edges of the side wallsbeing directed inwardly into proximity with the journal and partly overthe packing, the raw-edged webs of the metal being turned inwardly andengaging the packing and acting to hold the same from displacement orcompacting.

2. As an article of manufacture, a holder for car-journal packingcomprising a sheet of expanded metal having inturned raw-edged webs andlarge open meshes and bent longitudinally to provide a resilienttransversely curved or arched bottom adapted to engage on the bottom ofthe journal-box and resilient integral divergent side walls which neartheir upper edges fit closely between the sides of the box, the topmargins of said side walls being turned inwardly and adapted to extendinto proximity with the journal when in place, the outer end of theholder being cut away near the bottom to permit ready insertion into thebox, the raw edges of all the Webs acting to engage and hold the packingfrom rolling and compacting.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE .T TRUDEAU. iVitnesses:

O. XV. HILLs, ALFRED O. ODELL.

